http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZZ1Qo-Peho
nice video
what are all the extra lines for? i see 2 extra cleats on both port and starboard sides forward the winches...3 of the 4 are being used and it appears that both halyards are bundled up on the mast cleats. are they lines to pull the sails down?
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Hey sorry,, been busy sailing 
The coiled lines on the mast are actually for the spinnaker which I'm not using this year due to my shoulder surgery,, trying to keep it simple!
The lines on the port side cleats are (inner to outter)
1: the foresail trim to winch cleat, and
2: the uphaul for the foresail, so I can raise it w/o goin up to the mast.
There is a foresail downhaul line (small blue line) on the port side which leads aft with stanchion pulleys to the cleat at the very end of the rubrail. Just started using it this year and it's kinda tricky still as I figure things out, but when done right it keeps me from having to go forward to bring down the foresail in nasty winds, which is nice if I'm solo...
The cleats on the starboard side are (inner to outter)
1: The foresail trim to the winch.
2: The main sheet halyard, again so I can at least raise the main from the cockpit,,,
3: And the third is for the boom topping lift, which goes up the mast to a pulley and then back down to the boom end.
It may also look confusing because in stronger winds like that, we cross the foresail trim line to the windward side winch,,, that is, as we tack across, the foresail is relased as usuall, but instead of winding the leeward winch, we use it as a guide, and take the line across the cabin roof to the windward winch, wrap it there and cleat it off on the windward side. In the video you see Pam doing this as we tack at 4:30min into the video, and can see it in the close up with the lines at 5:13min if you pause it.
It's nice cuz you don't change the CG of the boat just to adjust the foresail by moving to the center and reaching way over to the cleat, which for me in strong winds and a jib or genoa can to lead to a loss of speed and some control as the boat lists over and wants to round up.
Is that clear as mud or make sense?? I'm going back out Friday and will shoot some better video of the lines and post it if your interested.
Billy
The coiled lines on the mast are actually for the spinnaker which I'm not using this year due to my shoulder surgery,, trying to keep it simple!
The lines on the port side cleats are (inner to outter)
1: the foresail trim to winch cleat, and
2: the uphaul for the foresail, so I can raise it w/o goin up to the mast.
There is a foresail downhaul line (small blue line) on the port side which leads aft with stanchion pulleys to the cleat at the very end of the rubrail. Just started using it this year and it's kinda tricky still as I figure things out, but when done right it keeps me from having to go forward to bring down the foresail in nasty winds, which is nice if I'm solo...
The cleats on the starboard side are (inner to outter)
1: The foresail trim to the winch.
2: The main sheet halyard, again so I can at least raise the main from the cockpit,,,
3: And the third is for the boom topping lift, which goes up the mast to a pulley and then back down to the boom end.
It may also look confusing because in stronger winds like that, we cross the foresail trim line to the windward side winch,,, that is, as we tack across, the foresail is relased as usuall, but instead of winding the leeward winch, we use it as a guide, and take the line across the cabin roof to the windward winch, wrap it there and cleat it off on the windward side. In the video you see Pam doing this as we tack at 4:30min into the video, and can see it in the close up with the lines at 5:13min if you pause it.
It's nice cuz you don't change the CG of the boat just to adjust the foresail by moving to the center and reaching way over to the cleat, which for me in strong winds and a jib or genoa can to lead to a loss of speed and some control as the boat lists over and wants to round up.
Is that clear as mud or make sense?? I'm going back out Friday and will shoot some better video of the lines and post it if your interested.
Billy
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I know I do the same with everybody's picts or when walking the docks,,, look at the rigiggin to see how it goes...
I would like to have a few more pulleys at the mast base, but then would have to add more hardware elsewhere for guides and cleats etc.
Maybe everybody should post picts of there's, with what they like and what they'd do different if they were to change anything! I know they're set up different for racing with crew vs solo or cruising,,, but sometimes I see something and think, I like that!
I would like to have a few more pulleys at the mast base, but then would have to add more hardware elsewhere for guides and cleats etc.
Maybe everybody should post picts of there's, with what they like and what they'd do different if they were to change anything! I know they're set up different for racing with crew vs solo or cruising,,, but sometimes I see something and think, I like that!